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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • iwant2bwithuo@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Jennyifer Song" <private_arik48@myway.com>
Reply-To: iwant2bwithuo@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:01:28 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hello .




























Hello .



With all due respect, I must confess to you that I am indeed very glad for your brief message.

I know, you will be surprise after reading this email for the fact that two of us are still total stranger to each other, to be sincere I observed that you are a reliable person through your message that was the reason why I want to explain everything about me.



I am 23 years of age girl, still a student, I am from the southern part of Cote D'Ivoire and my height is "5.5".my weight is 65kg, to be frank and honestly, I have gone through a lot of pain and suffering in my life ever since I lost my parents, I lost my mother several years ago, when I was a kid, she died while giving birth to the person that would have been my only brother, she died after giving birth and the baby died a few minutes later. My Father died last year while I was still in my first year in school, when my father died last year, my uncle took over his Gold and Cocoa business immediately after his death on the pretence that he will hand over to me later.



Suddenly, he became strange and practically locked me out of everything my father own because I am a woman, here in Africa they consider son as the head of family, It was then I confirmed the rumour that he had a hand in the death of my father. When my father was alive, they quarrelled always, my father opened business for him two times but he ate up the money, spending it on drinks and women, which he still does till today, but I have nothing to tell him, I leave vengeance to God, for the fear of not falling into same trap that killed my father, for this reason I don’t need any telephone call to avoid any body knowing about this transaction and my plain, I prefer email only.



But in all I am thanking God for one thing, before my father died, he gave me the secret code of his save, where I found a documents that contents a huge amount of money, (SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USA DOLLARS). I want to invest this money in your company under your care, however, my only worry is that fact that we do not know ourselves in person, but I strongly believe that the key to the success of this transaction is mutual trust and understanding.



Secondly I want to relocate from here to your country after the transfer of this fund where I can settled down happily because of the political problem that facing us almost 5years now, that was why I came to make a research on the net to find someone whom I can trust this money and any business we open with it to his care. I promise and swear with my life, you will never regret for knowing and assisting me all the rest of your life, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total money for helping me and rest will go for investment which you will help me to decide upon my arrival.



I need you to stand as my late father foreign partner and the recipient of this fund on my behalf because the security company ask me to provide some body as a guarding before they can release the consignemnt (fund), it is part of the agreement my late father entered with them while depositing the consignemnt ( fund) due to my age and I don't have any knowledge in business to avoid misusing the fund.



Waiting to hear that you will assist me.



Yours Faithfully

Miss Jennifer Song.

iwant2bwithuo@yahoo.fr







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